Maybe I should also mention that color correction settings can now be keyframed, that multiple color effects can be applied to the same clip, and that color and shape masks still exist. Plus, because color correction is now built into the Inspector, making changes is easier than ever. This takes the capability of the original color mask and blows it out of the water. The more I played with this, the more I started giggling. Select an actor’s face, or any other specific color, and modify its saturation.Select a saturation level, then change it.Select a range of gray-scale values and change their saturation.Select a hue, then change its brightness.Select a hue, then change its saturation.Select a hue, then replace it with a different hue.Not being a colorist, this was my first exposure to Hue/Saturation curves – what they do is amazing. And, we can set a preference for our default color choice. This allows us to use the traditional, and much maligned, Color Board – or – Color Wheels – or – Color Curves – or – Hue/Saturation curves. Video scopes now display SDR or HDR values, depending upon the library and project settings, as well as the media you are editing.Īnd, thinking of color grading – WOO-HOO!! – color correction is now built into the Inspector – using the new Color Inspector. UPDATE: Apple has published an 18-page white paper: Working with Wide Color Gamut and High Dynamic Range in Final Cut Pro X. Editing HDR material is the same as editing HD. The actual HDR look is created during color grading. HDR requires shooting at least 10-bit camera native media. Which allows us to edit, color grade and output a wide variety of HDR media. This means we can set individual libraries to either Rec. Libraries now support both SDR and Wide Gamut HDR color processing. The only feature that requires High Sierra is HEVC encoding and playback. FCP X 10.4 requires Sierra (10.12.4 or later). UPDATE: I’ve gotten a lot of questions about FCP X and High Sierra. What Apple has done is make sure that, as you and your projects evolve into these new media formats, FCP X will be ready and waiting for you. If you are not into HDR, or VR or HEVC, you can look at these core changes and say: “Is that all there is?” However, that’s the wrong perspective. 8K video and projects are fully supportedĮach of these required, I suspect, extensive programming changes throughout the application.HEVC and HEIF are now a fully-supported codecs (iOS 11 video is now supported).HDR media can now be viewed on an external HDR monitor.HDR is now implemented across all three apps, via Rec.Color correction/grading is totally redesigned (color wheels are back!!).